During the Florida Python Challenge, one family walked away with the competition’s top prize after an impressive showing in the Everglades. The annual event, organized to help control the invasive

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the invasive snake.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where ...

Most headlines about invasive species focus on snakes. Burmese pythons in Florida, brown tree snakes in Guam, and Boa Constrictors in Southern Florida and Cozumel are threatening local wildlife

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South Florida. Conservative estimates place the Burmese python ...

Two long-abandoned military buildings in the Florida Keys that were once used as missile shelters were recently found to be housing another inhabitant – invasive and damaging Burmese pythons. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says four large snakes ...